ThinkstockEasy money and near-zero interest rates from the Federal Reserve created a great environment for gold bugs to drive the price of gold higher and higher. Central banks around the world also…
ThinkstockGold futures are down about 6% this morning to around $1,293 an ounce as most investors interpreted Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s remarks yesterday to mean that the Fed is about to take…
ThinkstockGold is turning out to be one of the worst investments of modern day portfolios. But what if the rapid drop in prices is not really warranted from the market fundamentals nor…
ThinkstockGold and silver investors are probably glad to see the month of May come to an end. The drop in the price of gold and in the price of silver continues and…
ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are another. A third way is by investing in mining…
ThinkstockIt was looking this morning as though gold could be ready test even new lower lows based on the trading tape action of late. Suddenly, a 2% gain in the price of…
ThinkstockThe news flow over the weekend and on Monday helped to drive the price of gold higher after one monster sell-off this year. Reports of spot gold shortages and premiums being paid…
ThinkstockIt is no secret that the gold bugs got squashed, but Wall St. analysts are starting to have something different to say. The price of gold broke from a peak of close…
ThinkstockMining for gold and other metals is a messy business. In some cases, the public might just want to think of it like boudin because no one wants to know how it…
ThinkstockLast year marked the twelfth consecutive year for rising gold prices. But that could be the end of the yellow metals string. Since the beginning of the year, gold ETFs have sold…
ThinkstockThis will not sound nice, but it isn’t meant to: It really sucks to be a gold miner right now. Gold prices have lost the wind at their back, gold production prices…
ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one, exchange traded products (ETFs) are another, and a third is investing in…
ThinkstockThe World Gold Council has issued its new report for 2013 and reviewing 2012 on gold, and it offers some great and perhaps stunning insight if you read through the reports and consider…
ThinkstockIn an effort to meet their rising debt obligations, central banks around the globe have been printing money at a frantic pace. This phenomena is also leading to a global battle in which…
ThinkstockDeutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) has joined a growing list of investment banks cutting their forecasts on precious metals for 2013 and 2014. By cutting their estimates for gold and silver and…
